Ali Razai > Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP > Irvine, United States > Lawyer Profile

Led by seasoned trial lawyer Sheila Swaroop in Orange County, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP has a dedicated intellectual property practice handling patent infringement disputes for a broad range of clients, with particular expertise working for biotech, medical device, and pharma clients. Orange County lawyers Ali Razai and Joseph Re are skillful trial and appellate lawyers with particular experience in tech. The group also includes Seattle-based IP litigator and patent attorney Carol Pitzel Cruz and Jeremiah Helm in Washington DC, who is a pharma litigation expert. In Irvine, trial lawyer John Sganga is experienced in IP and tech disputes, and William Adams maintains close relationships with a roster of life sciences companies.

With demonstrable capabilities cross federal and state trademark litigation, ‘business-savvy’ Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP maintains an active practice across pharma, computer software, fashion, and beverage sectors. Co-leads Lauren Keller Katzenellenbogen and Lynda Zadra-Symes are based in Orange County. Keller Katzenellenbogen bolsters the practice with her broad range of expertise, assisting clients in the computer software, medical devices, and consumer products industries, among others, while seasoned litigator Zadra-Symes draws on over 32 years of experience in handling proceedings in federal courts and the TTAB. Also based in Orange County is Ali Razai, whose strengths encompass issues arising in relation to mechanical and medical devices, optics, and biotech, and seasoned litigator Matthew Bellinger.  Other names to note include Los Angeles’ Brian Horne and Hans Mayer, who contribute their tech sector expertise to the practice.